Half empty.Although "almost half" of the individuals came to agree that coerced eating-disorders treatment was justified, I find it irresponsible ir·re·spon·si·ble adj. 1. Marked by a lack of responsibility: irresponsible accusations. 2. Lacking a sense of responsibility; unreliable or untrustworthy. 3. that the study seemingly ignored the identification of potentially long-lasting negative effects on more than half of coerced clients ("Starved starve v. starved, starv·ing, starves v.intr. 1. To suffer or die from extreme or prolonged lack of food. 2. Informal To be hungry. 3. To suffer from deprivation. for Assistance: Coercion coercion, in law, the unlawful act of compelling a person to do, or to abstain from doing, something by depriving him of the exercise of his free will, particularly by use or threat of physical or moral force. finds a place in the treatment of two eating disorders eating disorders, in psychology, disorders in eating patterns that comprise four categories: anorexia nervosa, bulimia, rumination disorder, and pica. Anorexia nervosa is characterized by self-starvation to avoid obesity. ," SN: 1/20/07p. 38). Those people may come away with less hope that such treatment can ever be of help to them. ROBERT C. JOHNSON, BEND, ORE. |
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